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Sinkhole Part 2

Hello Dear Readers,
So, it turns out that the sinkhole in the Heights was not a total bust after all.  Eventually, the township began filling it repaved the street.  There were no problems, nothing unexplained and or otherwise.  Very disappointing.  Except Otto contacted me through Gemma.  It turns out his AA sponsor lives in the fancy Heights neighborhood directly across the street from the sinkhole.  Hooray for the chemical dependence!
It seems that when you live in a rich neighborhood you install security cameras on the exterior of your house.  Cameras that could capture the edge of the sinkhole.  Apparently, they captured something odd, and he told Otto about it.  Otto recommended that he talk to me since he is aware of my interest in unusual phenomena.  The wonders of CCtv pays off again.  Perhaps I should have some cameras installed in the apartment.  It would help to keep track of the ‘not a real cat’.
The time stamp on the video says 2:48 am two days after the street collapsed, creating the sinkhole.  A street lamp gives the video a low quality, grainy illumination.    An amorphous shape can be seen pulling itself out of the sinkhole.  It pauses at the edge of the broken ground.  Then it appears to dissolve or dissipate, spreading out until it can no longer be seen in the poor-quality video.  It gave me the distinct sense of a group of roaches dispersing when the lights are turned on.
There was something in corner of the video, in someone’s yard that had been moving rhythmically the entire time.  “What’s that?” I pointed to the movement at the corner of the screen.
“Sprinkler,” Otto said.  “The entire neighborhood has sprinklers that are on a timer.  They usually go off in the middle of the night, twice a week I think”.  I did the math in my head, and that would have been the first night the sprinkler went off since the sinkhole collapsed.  It hadn't rained either.
So, we had what looked like a cluster of animals that crawled out from below ground the first night it was wet out.  If the residents of that neighbor sleep with their windows open they may be getting an unexpected surprise!

Still no sign of payment for services rendered.


I’ll keep you updated!

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